Doctor...I have this pain in my side......

 Here is a another Weird NEWS STORY, along with MY COMMENTS in bold italics:

PRAGUE (AP) — It took five long months for a Czech woman to discover the reason for her pain: Doctors had left a foot-long medical tool inside her abdomen. This month, doctors at a clinic in the southeastern town of Ivancice discovered their colleagues had forgotten to remove a spatula-like surgical instrument from the woman following gynecological surgery in September.
Top regional official Michal Hasek apologized to 66-year-old Zdenka Kopeckova and said Monday that the region, which is in charge of the clinic, plans to compensate her.
Clinic head Jaromir Hrubes blamed "a series of individual failures" and said four employees had been punished.
CT24 news television reported that the woman, who complained repeatedly to her doctors about the pain, plans to sue.

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1. WHAT???? Let's repeat this, shall we?  (Women reading this: you have my permission to sit, grab your abdomen, rock and to grimace now)....they left a FOOT LONG instrument inside her abdomen????

2.   She TOLD THEM SHE HAD PAIN...and it took "FIVE LONG MONTHS" to discover an instrument in her abdomen????  I am speechless!

3. A"spatula like instrument" ??? What the heck is THAT? Were they stirring her during surgery??

4. They "had forgotten" to remove a FOOT LONG instrument from her abdomen during surgery??? How does one forget a FOOT LONG instrument???  Much less a TEAM of people in an operating room? What the heck would have distracted them enough to FORGET A FOOT LONG INSTRUMENT in her abdomen? What was going ON in that operating room????

5. A "series of individual failures" occurred?  Like what? Were they all drunk? 

6. They were all "punished"? How?  Didn't they LOSE THEIR medical licenses???  They SHOULD have been made to have a FOOT LONG INSTRUMENT inside THEIR abdomens for five long months...with no one believing that they were having pain from it...

7. They had "plans to compensate her"?  I should hope so...and I hope it is a HUGE compensation...

8. It is stated that she plans to sue... she will probably win much more in a lawsuit than they could ever offer her up front.

9.  I would like to apologize up front to anyone who is planning any type of surgery in the next few months....I didn't mean to scare the beejeezus out of you.  Pretend you didn't read this, okay?

Oh, and have someone you love and trust count every single sponge and instrument they use in the Operating Room-----TWICE!!!